CXX1V PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [Aug. 1 896, 



2. ' On the Geographical Evolution of Jamaica.' By J. W. 

 Spencer, M.A., Ph.D., E.G.S. 1 



3. ' Dundry Hill : its Upper Portion, or the Beds marked as 

 Inferior Oolite (G 5) in the Maps of the Geological Survey.' By 

 S. S. Buckman, Esq., E.G.S., and E. Wilson, Esq., E.G.S. 



The following specimens and photographs were exhibited: — 



Specimens of Bocks and Eossils (Ammonites, etc.), exhibited by 

 S. S. Buckman, Esq., E.G.S., and E. Wilson, Esq., F.G.S., in illus- 

 tration of their paper. 



Photographs of the Old Quarries at Tilly Whim, and of Durleston 

 Head, Swanage, exhibited by Horace W. Monckton, Esq., E.L.S., 

 E.G.S. 



Coal-Measure Sandstone from Gornal near Dudley, exhibited by 

 W. Earnworth, Esq., F.G.S., on behalf of the Bev. W. A. H. Lewis. 



May 20th, 1896. 



Special General Meeting — 8 p.m. 



Dr. Henry Hicks, E.B.S., President, in the Chair. 



On behalf of the Council the President submitted the following 

 resolution to the Meeting : — 



4 That it is desirable that the collections of specimens 

 belonging to the Geological Society, with the exceptions 

 specified in the Beports of the Special Museum Committee 

 adopted by the Council on November 20th and December 4th, 

 1895, be transferred to the British Museum, subject to the 

 conditions provisionally accepted by Sir William Elower on 

 behalf of the Trustees of the British Museum.' 



The following amendment was then moved by Mr. Htjdleston 

 and seconded by Col. Godwin-Austen : 



1 That such portions of the Society's collections as illustrate 

 papers in the Society's publications, or have a special interest 

 in connexion with the history of geology in this country, be 

 retained, but that all other portions may be disposed of.' 



This amendment was afterwards withdrawn, and the previous 

 question, moved by Mr. Hddleston and seconded by Mr. Carrttthers, 

 was voted by 35 Ayes to 12 Noes. 



1 Withdrawn by permission of the Council. 



